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Overview

Test name

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Lymphedema

Purpose of the test

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This is a clinical test intended for Help: Diagnosis, Prognostic, Recurrence, Risk Assessment, Therapeutic management

Condition

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How to order

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Submit test-specific paperwork with sample of blood, tumor tissue, saliva, amniocytes, or chorionic villi
Order URL Help: https://genetics.med.upenn.edu/cores/genetic-diagnostic-laboratory/

Specimen source

Amniocytes
Amniotic fluid
Buccal swab
Cell culture
Chorionic villi
Cord blood
Fetal blood
Fibroblasts
Fresh tissue
Frozen tissue
Isolated DNA
Paraffin block
Peripheral (whole) blood
Product of conception (POC)
Saliva
Skin

Methodology

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Molecular Genetics
CSequence analysis of the entire coding region
Next-Generation (NGS)/Massively parallel sequencing (MPS)

Summary of what is tested

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Clinical utility

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Not provided

Clinical validity

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Not provided

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